Chapter 51: Buried Alive

Chapter 51: Buried Alive

Chapter 51: Buried Alive

After obtaining the communication tools, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately dialed the domestic police number.

"Hallo! What's Your Name? Can I halt you?"

Broken English with a strong northeastern accent rang out in the dark auditorium, causing everyone present to burst into laughter.

The same reaction was shared by the vast number of viewers who were watching movie channels in thousands of households.

There's no way, this dialect with a strong accent combined with English is really too funny.

This was also a scene specially designed by Wang Hao, in order to ease the slightly tense atmosphere in the early stage, and at the same time to pave the way for the emotional outburst later.

It's a pity that Zhang Wei on the big screen didn't seem to find this so funny at the moment. When the call was connected, he immediately shouted anxiously:
"Help, officer, I've been kidnapped!"

"Hey, this foreigner can speak Chinese now?"

There was another surprised voice from the other end of the phone, which caused another burst of laughter.

"Speak slowly, what happened? Why were you kidnapped?"

Facing the police officer's questions, Zhang Wei told him everything he knew. However, faced with his situation, the other party could only say that they were powerless to do anything.

Fortunately, the other party also agreed to help him look up the contact information of the local embassy and asked him to make sure to keep his phone line open.

With hope in his heart, Zhang Wei finally calmed down a lot. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he called his wife again. However, the call did not go through after several attempts.

So the audience present clearly saw how Huang Lei performed his "face-changing" stunt, and when he angrily called his wife's best friend and yelled at her, the audience only understood from a few words.

It turned out that Zhang Wei and his wife, who were in their middle age, had long lost their former passion. They were physically together but spiritually apart, and only maintained their marriage for the sake of their children.

However, this relationship was not stable. Just before Zhang Wei went abroad, he vaguely realized that his wife might have a male confidant outside without his knowledge, and this secret third party was introduced by his wife's best friend.

It was precisely because of this situation that Zhang Wei chose to work abroad to escape the problem.

Unexpectedly, this time when I left the country, I would encounter such a life-and-death crisis.

Zhang Wei's conversation with his wife's best friend naturally ended in a bad mood. Fortunately, after hanging up the phone, he received a call from the local embassy.

The person on the phone comforted him and told Zhang Wei to hold on. They had reported the matter to the Chinese peacekeeping force stationed there and would arrange personnel to rescue him when the time comes.

Zhang Wei naturally smiled when he received the good news, but the sudden interruption of the mobile phone signal interrupted his call. Zhang Wei kept trying in the narrow coffin, and even turned around with difficulty.

As soon as he found the signal again, he called the embassy.

However, the other party told him bad news at this time. Due to the rebel riots, the local signal towers and communication systems were severely damaged, and the satellite signal could not accurately locate his position.

This bad news was a heavy blow to Zhang Wei, and at this moment, a call from an unfamiliar number came into his mobile phone.

Zhang Wei answered the phone with a nervous mood. With his poor foreign language skills, he finally figured out that the person on the other end of the phone was actually the kidnappers. Their request was very simple: to hand over a ransom of 5 million before 9 o'clock tonight.

Zhang Wei told the embassy about this, but the embassy said that compromise might not work, and that the kidnappers might not release him even if the ransom was paid. Zhang Wei was not surprised by the embassy's answer.

As a middle-aged office worker, he knows very well that he is not worth five million.

Fortunately, the embassy has not given up on him. They have contacted Zhang Wei's company and his local co-workers. In addition, the most elite "Wolf Fang" team of the Chinese peacekeeping force happens to be nearby and has set out to search for him.

By this point in the plot, the movie was already halfway through, but all the audience members were still sitting in their seats, with no one leaving early like they had done in the afternoon.

Everyone was captivated by the ups and downs of the tense plot, and the biggest credit for this, apart from the excellent script, was Huang Lei's almost lifelike performance.

He really played the role of a man imprisoned in a narrow wooden box to such an extent that the audience couldn't help but breathe in and out deeply when they saw how difficult it was for him to turn, move, and breathe every time.

It was as if they were all locked in a wooden box like Huang Lei, buried deep underground, feeling depressed and terrified.

And this feeling is more profound for the audience watching the big screen in the auditorium than for the audience sitting in front of the TV.

It is precisely because of this empathy that they feel even more worried about Zhang Wei's current difficult situation.

However, judging from the situation shown in the movie, although the situation is dangerous, everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

Unfortunately, they all guessed wrong. As a commercial film with thriller and suspense as its core selling point, Wang Hao would never let the audience guess the ending so easily.

After the relaxation, the plot starts to rush towards the "tense" path again.

On the big screen, Zhang Wei, who had just felt relieved, first encountered a big scorpion that crawled into his clothes. He was so scared that his whole body was stiff. Even though his arms were sore and stinging, he dared not react violently.

And when the scorpion ran out of his clothes and was stepped on to death by him, he received a call from the company's human resources department.

The other party cruelly terminated the labor contract on the grounds that Zhang Wei violated the company's management regulations while working abroad. At this most difficult moment, he chose stable interests.

This was a heavy blow to Zhang Wei. The termination of the contract meant that even if he died, his wife and children would find it difficult to get the high insurance compensation.

At the same time, his wife, who had learned some of the situation from her best friend, also called him.

It’s a pity that the wife on the other end of the phone didn’t believe what he said, and even angrily accused Zhang Wei of being a habitual liar.

The successive blows made Zhang Wei feel devastated, and this depressed emotion reached its peak when the rescue team called.

"forget it."

These three short words, spoken from Huang Lei's mouth, were like a gloomy and sad whirlwind that swept across the entire auditorium.

As if a switch had been flipped, the sobbing began to gradually increase.

Many girls from the acting department who were sitting in the back row and came specifically to learn the teacher's acting skills couldn't help but shed tears.

Fortunately, the special forces soldier "Leng Feng" who was in charge of the search and rescue did not really give up on him.

(End of this chapter)